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Back on track: Belgian-Dutch firm rescues Berlin to Paris sleeper train
Back on track: Belgian-Dutch firm rescues Berlin to Paris sleeper train
by  AFP

Railway fans devastated by the scrapping of a much-heralded Berlin to Paris night train can breathe again after a Belgian-Dutch cooperative stepped in Wednesday to keep the service going. But Belgian-Dutch European Sleeper, a cooperative, said it would launch a train three times weekly between the French and German capitals from March 26, 2026.

German experts slam spending plans, cut GDP forecast
German experts slam spending plans, cut GDP forecast
by  AFP

Germany is using a massive fund for the wrong purposes and it risks providing just a minor boost to the struggling economy, experts warned Wednesday, as they cut their 2026 growth forecast. There had been hopes the extra spending could provide a big boost to the economy, but the economic advisers warned this was unlikely in view of current plans.

Bayer narrows loss, upbeat on weedkiller legal woes
Bayer narrows loss, upbeat on weedkiller legal woes
by  AFP

Germany's Bayer said Wednesday it was confident of "significantly" containing long-running legal woes related to a weedkiller by the end of next year, as it reported a narrower quarterly loss. Bayer has been hit with a flood of legal cases in the United States related to claims that the glyphosate-based Roundup weedkiller causes blood cancer.

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